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CRIMEPhiladelphia Inquirer·16h ago

Central Park was her home and her studio. She was killed there.

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Francis Lee Rogers, an artist who lived and worked in Central Park, was found dead on Sunday. Authorities report she was beaten and stabbed, leaving the local community in shock.

Known as Lee, she chatted with rich and poor, native New Yorkers and foreigners and tourists. She had hardy mountain-woman looks and carried a large rucksack filled with her watercolors and paints.

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